Ambient chamber composer Kevin Keller goes spiritual when heart surgery stops his heart from beating. He contemplates that experience on his album, The Front Porch of Heaven.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 – Echoes Program 2049B
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020 – 12 CDs of the Month
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas, but we do have twelve months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards.
Coming Up
Monday, Dec 21, 2020 – An Echoes Winter Solstice Soundscape
Bundle up for a Winter Solstice Soundscape of snow shrouded trees, silent saguaro cactus and white out conditions. We create a winter fantasy taking you into the chilled side of the season.
Best Of
Best of Echoes 2020-The Top 30 Albums of the Year
The Best of Echoes 2020. We pick out our 30 Favorite albums of the year covering the range of the Echoes Soundscape. This is a Best of list like no other. 2020 Sucked! This list doesn’t.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 7, 2020 – The Best of Echoes 2020 – Pgm 2049A
Echoes has gone through the hundreds of recordings that we’ve played and picked out the Top 30 albums for 2020, a horrible year in life, but a great year in music. We count-down the top 20.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 19-20, 2020 – In Memoriam
Echoes remembers. 2020 has been a tough year and along the way, we lost many artists from the world of Echoes. We lament their loss and celebrate their music on Echoes In Memoriam.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 5-6, 2020 – Programs 2048A & 2048B
It’s a time of giving so the Echoes CD of the Month is actually 2 CDs. Ane Brun’s After The Great Storm and How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow are perfect albums for this time of reflection.
Coming Up
Friday, Dec 18, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
We’ll hear the latest recording by French guitarist Pierre Bensusan. He came up during the days of Windham Hill guitarists like Michael Hedges, who named a song after him. His latest album is Azwan.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 4, 2020 – Echoes Program 2048E
Pianist Peter Kater goes Hawaiian. He taps traditional Hawaiian music and musicians and creates a lush landscape around them. We’ll also hear new music by the electronic artist Kayobe.
Coming Up
Thursday, Dec 17, 2020 – Greg Lisher Interview
We hear from rock refugee Greg Lisher. He’s the guitarist in the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, but his new album sounds more like Windham Hill meets Brian Eno.